Ukrainian lawmaker Nadia Savchenko has confirmed that she met with the leadership of Russia-backed separatists for consultations on prisoner swaps. The move triggered rebukes from her party for what it…

Ukrainian lawmaker Nadia Savchenko has confirmed that she met with the leadership of Russia-backed separatists for consultations on prisoner swaps. The move triggered rebukes from her party for what it…

Election results from Moldova’s breakaway Transdniester region show the head of the region’s self-styled parliament has won the presidency by easily winning more than 50 percent of the first round…

The Georgian Prosecutor-General’s Office has charged one man and opened a criminal case against a second in connection with the so-called “photographers’ case,” in which four photojournalists were found guilty…

Antonio Guterres, Portugal’s former prime minister, has been sworn in as Secretary-General of the United Nations. …

Police crack down on fearful residents fleeing the effects and further risk from sinkholes in Russia’s Bashkortostan region. …

Soviet-era dissident Vladimir Bukovsky went on trial in Britain on December 12 on charges of creating and possessing indecent images of children. …

Soviet-era dissident Vladimir Bukovsky went on trial in Britain on December 12 on charges of creating and possessing indecent images of children. …

A German expert says he believes that Rakhat Aliev, a former son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev who was found dead in an Austrian jail last year, was murdered. …

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has announced an investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee into a CIA assessment that Russia’s government used hackers to try to help Republican President-elect…

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has announced an investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee into a CIA assessment that Russia’s government used hackers to try to help Republican President-elect…

Ukrainian authorities are still looking for the culprits nearly a week after troublesome cyberattacks against official financial institutions that appeared to be designed to inflict maximum chaos on end-of-the-year payments.…

Ukrainian authorities are still looking for the culprits nearly a week after troublesome cyberattacks against official financial institutions that appeared to be designed to inflict maximum chaos on end-of-the-year payments.…

Election results in Macedonia suggest the conservative ruling party beat out the opposition Social Democrats (SDSM) by a slim margin in the first parliamentary elections since a wiretapping scandal plunged…

Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL’s broadcast region and beyond. …

Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL’s broadcast region and beyond. …

Supporters of Macedonia’s ruling conservative party and the leftist opposition celebrated in the streets of Skopje, both claiming victory. But when the votes in the country’s general election were counted…

Social conservatives in Russia are suggesting that “baby boxes” — devices that provide mothers with a legal and anonymous means of abandoning their unwanted infants — should be banned. …

Social conservatives in Russia are suggesting that “baby boxes” — devices that provide mothers with a legal and anonymous means of abandoning their unwanted infants — should be banned. …

Pakistani officials say a mob of hundreds of people has attacked a mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya religious minority. …

The battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo has “reached its end,” a monitoring group said as government forces continued their advance in the rebel-held eastern part of the city.…

The battle for the Syrian city of Aleppo has “reached its end,” a monitoring group said as government forces continued their advance in the rebel-held eastern part of the city.…

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has praised Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as a professional and shrugged off suggestions that Tillerson’s ties with Russia and Putin might affect his conduct…